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Your Guide to Record Store Day 2015 in New Orleans (and more)

This year, Record Store Day is Saturday, April 18th

Love it or hate it, Record Store Day is significant. Thankfully, there's more to it than pricey limited edition reissues: the record stores themselves have their own twist on it. I'll be making a marathon trip of all the New Orleans area record stores, whether they stock RSD items or not. For a full list of record store day releases, check out the Record Store Day website

Here's a list (in alphabetical order) of what stores in New Orleans are doing what, with a few others in neighboring areas. Assume that all locations are first-come-first-serve (no holding RSD items) and only allow one of each RSD item per customer unless specified otherwise. Phone numbers are listed in case you want to check on a certain item. The RSD option pretains to whether they've signed the Record Store Day pledge and are getting a whole lot of those special releases. By the way, Allison Fenderstock wrote a good guide on nola.com as well.

Captain's Vinyl

Address 637 S Pierce st.Phone (504) 908-9612Hours 10am-6pmRSD No

Captain's Vinyl doesn't have RSD stock, but they'll be doing a 25% off sale between 10am and noon.

Disko Obscura

Joey Buttons' new store right near Jim Russell's isn't participating in RSD but will have a few of the items he found interesting. If you haven't been yet, Record Store Day would be a great time to check it out.

Domino Sound

Address 2557 Bayou RoadPhone (504) 510-9356HoursNoon - 6pmRSDNo

Domino is never particularly interested in the Record Store Day hooplah, though they sometimes do order a few items if they're really interested in them

Euclid Records NOLA

Euclid tends to be the hotspot for Record Store Day. They order boatloads of it (this year the largest they've had so far). Additionally, they'll have free beer and live music throughout the day, and ticket giveaways. They've posted the list of items they've ordered on the facebook page linked above. Do not underestimate the length of the line or the time that it will form.

Jim Russell's Records

Address 1837 Magazine st. Phone (504) 522-2602Hours Noon-5pmRSDNo

Jim Russell's doesn't tend to do anything special for Record Store Day.

Louisiana Music Factory

LMF is stocking official record store day merch. I've always thought they're an underrated location for RSD. They don't order a ton, but not too many are lining up at their door either. Either way, should be a fun day for them, with 4 live shows lined up from 2pm to 5pm.

The Mushroom

A warning: The Mushroom tends to open early on Record Store Day. That's probably a good thing, but I've definitely gotten there at 10am and found that the thing I'd looking for had already been grabbed. The Mushroom's "birthday" is 4/20, and so they're having a 44% off "most items, music etc" sale from Saturday to Monday. They also told me that on Saturday they'll have "some bands, some pizza, keg of beer, stuff like that". It's the Mushroom.

Peaches Records

Address 408 N Peters StPhone(504) 282-3322Hours 9am - 8pmRSD Yes

Peaches usually orders a pretty good amount of RSD stuff and is one of the first ones to open. Word is they'll have a Petting Zoo again, as well as food, beer, and live performances. But really, petting zoo in a record store in the french quarter is the key thing. I'll update as I find out more.

Sisters in Christ

Address 4920 Freret StPhone (504) 452-5517 Hours Noon-5pmRSD No

The new uptown option. Sisters in Christ specializes in punk, hardcore, and indie. No RSD items but they'll still have a few exclusive items from Revelation and a super-exclusive Thou 45. Record Store Day would be a great time to check it out.

Capital City Records

Open for less than a year and Capital City is already ready to try to throw a big RSD event. They're promising raffles, door prizes, free t-shirts and more in addition to official Record Store Day items

Lagniappe Records

Lagniappe will have a number of raffles, t-shirt and tote bag giveways, KLSU DJs spinning records, free beer and BBQ. Sounds like a blast!

Mobile Records

Address 140 S Sage Ave # B, Mobile ALHours 8:30 am-7pmRSD Yes

Keith from Mobile Records has been a mainstay at Record Raids and on the offchance that that you're spending the weekend in his neck of the woods, his store is definitely worth a visit! He had a number of musical acts, food trucks and a bloodmobile lined up, though due to rain they might not all happen.